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OK with Dunwoody skate park?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Paul Lowry is among those who aren’t happy that Brook Run Skate Park is opening near his Dunwoody home.
“The reason I moved here was because of the quiet and the trees,” Lowry told a reporter recently. “That (skate park) needs to be in a commercial area.” Stadium-type lights and loud speakers are installed in the park, which will be open until 10:30 in the summer.
But others are pleased that the park is opening.
What’s your opinion?
Deaths of animals raise concern?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Georgia Aquarium and other major aquariums throughout the country have experienced the loss of major attractions.
In Atlanta, it was whale sharks Ralph and Norton and beluga whale Gasper. In Chicago it was a beluga whale that had recently given birth. And in Monterey, Calif., the problem was blue sharks and, later, a suddenly aggressive —- and very popular —- Great White.
The death of the second whale shark in six months at the Georgia Aquarium unleashed a wave of negative publicity and stinging criticism. It rekindled the debate over whether aquariums should attempt to exhibit oceangoing creatures.
Have these deaths shaped your views in any way about aquariums? Please explain.
Kids in summer: Finding good occupations for them
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Do you have plans for your kids this summer? Is it hard to set up things for them to do?
How much structure should children have in the summer, especially when parents are at work?
In favor of PATH trails through neighborhoods?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Are PATH trails through neighborhoods good idea?
Some people love the trails that provide access through neighborhoods for running, walking and biking. Others oppose trails running along their property, citing safety concerns and the loss of green space.
Recent trails built along Tanyard Creek in Buckhead were both praised and panned.
What do you think? Are trails through intown neighborhoods a good idea? Bad idea? Please explain.
Does election timing need guidance?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
School officials in DeKalb, Fulton and Henry counties are celebrating voters’ overwhelming approval last month of 1-cent-on-the-dollar sales tax extensions.
What they are not doing is publicizing how few residents actually voted to use sales taxes to upgrade school systems in the three counties, including those in the cities of Atlanta and Decatur. (“Critics say important votes should be held on typical election days rather than off-cycles,” AJC A1, April 30).
Fewer than 30,000 voters approved new levies that will cost taxpayers a combined $2.4 billion over five years.
They committed nearly 1.8 million people who live in the three counties — plus those who shop there — to more taxes.
In all, about 2 percent of those counties’ residents and 3 percent of their registered voters showed up at the polls to decide on extending the special purpose local option sales taxes.
Turnout was so low that several precincts in Fulton County were open for 12 hours without a single voter showing up. Dozens of other precincts counted fewer than 10 voters.
The cost to taxpayers of holding this low-show election? In Fulton alone, it was just under $1 million for the March election.
A bill was introduced this year in the state Legislature to require that referendums be held during primary or general elections; it did not pass.
What do you think about off-cycle elections?
Should all elections be held during November? Yes? No?
Is it sometimes necessary to hold elections at other times of the year? If so, should such elections be limited?
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People get used to it skaters are more and more of todays youth. One day a future leader will be a skater an then their will be more great parks like this everywhere.... read the full comment by LeViner | Comment on OK with Dunwoody skate park? Read OK with Dunwoody skate park?
Ok let me get this straight…The dog park might have displaced disabled residents???Do you even know where in the park the dog area is? Its at the very end.Its also located in a heavily wooded”gulch” with no water available. I was looking... read the full comment by Sara | Comment on OK with Dunwoody skate park? Read OK with Dunwoody skate park?
Ok let me get this straight…The dog park might have displaced disabled residents???Do you even know where in the park the dog area is? Its at the very end.Its also located in a heavily wooded”gulch” with no water available. I was looking... read the full comment by Sara | Comment on OK with Dunwoody skate park? Read OK with Dunwoody skate park?
I am so sick and tired of reading about the skate park and how awful our neighborhood is by having this park in our community. Just because you or your child doesn’t own a skateboard or enjoy watching this sport doesn’t mean the rest of us... read the full comment by carol | Comment on OK with Dunwoody skate park? Read OK with Dunwoody skate park?